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YORKSHIRE

GEOLOGICAL

SOCIETYPresident: Professor Paul Wignall

A Registered Charity No. 220014 March 2010 / Circular 559

PLANNING FOR

CLIMATE CHANGE

14.00 – 17.00 Saturday 27th March 2010

Meeting Room 1/2

British Geological Survey, Keyworth NG12 5GG

www.yorksgeolsoc.org.uk NON MEMBERS WELCOME

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13.00 - 14.00 BGS shop open

25% discount on BGS publications*

14.00 - 14.05 Society Business

Council Member

14.05 - 14.10 Welcome

Helen Reeves

14.10 - 14.40 An overview of the EPSRC FUTURENET project

Dave Gunn, BGS

14.40 - 15.10 Climate change adaptation planning in highways

management and maintenance

Andy Warrington, Leicestershire County Council

15.10 - 15.50 Break (Tea and Coffee)

15.50 - 16.20 Planning for climate change - a Regulator’s perspective

Mark Whiteman, Environment Agency

16.20 - 16.40 Environmental Information System for Planners

Martin Culshaw, Birmingham University & BGS

16.40 - 17.00 Closing Remarks

*YGS Members Discount

The BGS shop will be open at this meeting from 1.00 p.m. until 2.00 p.m. YGS members receive

a 25% discount on all BGS publications purchased on the day. Unfortunately the shop will not be

open during the meeting tea break, so arrive early if you wish to take advantage of this discount.

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This meeting counts as 3 hours of Continuous Professional Development under the Geology Society

CPD Scheme.

DIRECTIONS BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The nearest railway stations to BGS are Nottingham and Loughborough. It is possible to reach

Keyworth by bus from the Nottingham station (see below) but visitors arriving in Loughborough will

need to take a taxi, as there is no direct bus service from Loughborough to Keyworth.

Visitors arriving from Nottingham or West Bridgford can catch a bus to Keyworth, ‘the Keyworth

connection’, which runs from the Broadmarsh bus station in Nottingham via Nottingham railway station

(the bus stop is just outside the station on the right) through West Bridgford to Keyworth.

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One of the biggest challenges that society faces is how to adapt and mitigate the onset of

climate change.

With warmer summers and wetter winters, predicted by the current UK Climate Change

projections (UKCP09), the way that we currently use land, water and other resources in the

UK will change. As a result, geoscientists and engineers have an important role to play in

helping society deal with these changes. In particular they will provide vital understanding into

the sensitivity of landscapes to likely changes in weather patterns, and how the natural and urban

environment will respond.

Currently geoscientists and engineers are developing ways to apply the information and results

that climate change scientists are producing in order to mitigate the predicted impacts of climate

change.The meeting will focus on a number of projects and case studies that are looking at such

issues as:

l Future resilient transport networks (FUTURENET project)

l Climate change adaptation for planning in highways

l Climate change impacts on water resources (a Regulator’s perspective)

l Environmental Information System for Planners

For more information please contact:

Dr Helen Reeves

British Geological Survey,

Kingsley Dunham Centre,

Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG.

Tel:- +44 (0)115 936 3381

E-mail:- [email protected]

or

Simon Price

British Geological Survey,

Kingsley Dunham Centre,

Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG.

Tel:- +44 (0)115 936 3326

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E-mail:- [email protected]

Climate change impact on

transport has two dimen-

sions: an engineering dimen-

sion derived from the inter-

action between climate-

resilient design, weather

events and the physical net-

work, and a socio-economic

dimension derived from the

interaction between weather

and climate and the patterns

of transport demand.

FUTURENET integrates

both in assessing the future

resilience of the UK trans-

port system. This interdiscip-

linary approach will assist

stakeholders in adapting the

transport network and

increasing resilience of critical

transport infrastructure. The

overall aim of the

FUTURENET project is to

answer two fundamental

questions:

lWhat will be the nature of

the UK transport system in

2050 (taken as the mid-point of the UKCIP scenarios), both in terms of its physical characteristics

and its usage?

lWhat will be the shape of the transport network in 2050 that will be most resilient to climate

change?

This presentation will provide a background to the FUTURENET consortium and summarise the

FUTURENET approach to addressing the issues in the above key questions.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE EPSRC FURTURENET PROJECT

Dave Gunn, British Geological Survey


© Dave Gunn



Our climate is already impacting on how we deliver our highway services, operationally and finan-

cially. Much work is now underway to determine how to adapt our business and service delivery

to cope with the changes in the climate within the current economic climate.

Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire County Councils and Scott Wilson have joined

forces and produced an adaptation project for highway services. The methodology used in the

project is transferable to many other business and services to produce effective adaptations.

This presentation will provide an overview of the project. It will consider the risk and probability

assessment of how climate change will impact on local highways and highway services. It will then

outline some of the practical adaptations and evaluations that have been undertaken as a result

of this project.

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING IN

HIGHWAYS MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

Andy Warrington, Leicestershire County Council

PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE -

A REGULATOR’S PERSPECTIVE


In this talk, the potential changes to groundwater resources as a result of climate change are set

in a wider context of planning water resources for climate change. An overview is given of

changes in water availability, including future forecast scenarios for river flows in the 2050’s

(Figure 1), the Environment Agency’s “Future Flows” project to investigate potential climate change

impacts upon river flows and groundwater levels, and recent groundwater modelling work

undertaken for the Environment Agency’s national Water Resources Strategy (Figure 2).

The uncertainty around the supply-demand balance for water resources is discussed, along with

societal responses to climate change and how water use may change. The implications for the

management of groundwater resources in different types of aquifers into the future are discussed.

In future, there will be a move from impact assessment to adaptation planning. Use of probabilis-

tic climate change information gives a richer picture which should improve decisions, but will

require much more thought.

(See Illustrative figures on Page 6 over)



PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE -

A REGULATOR’S PERSPECTIVE (CONTINUED)


Figure 2: Test and Itchenchalk regional groundwaterresources model - typicalwinter head variation(January 2020) (differencebetween future predictedand baseline)© Mark Whiteman

Figure 1: Percentage changes in mean monthly river flows between now and the 2050’s using theUKCIP02 medium-high emissions scenario. © Mark Whiteman



For the last fifty years, or so, engineering geologists have been providing increasingly more varied

and relevant information to land-use planners trying take account of environmental issues in the

planning process. Of course, geological information for urban areas had been provided much

earlier but this was usually in the form of conventional stratigraphically-based maps. In the UK,

the period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s saw a rapid evolution in the kinds of geological

information available to planners and, in part driven by technology, in ways of presenting that

information.

However, planners, whilst mostly pleased to have new information available to them, have always

had to deal with a wide range of environmental issues, many of them not geological. Consequently,

new research was begun in the early 2000s, funded jointly by the Natural Environment Research

Council (NERC) and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (the relevant successor government

department to the DoE), to develop a way of providing a broad range of environmental

information (whether spatial data or models) for use by planners.

The Environmental Information System for Planners (EISP) is a web-based system designed to

support decision-making within the UK planning framework by making information on

environmental issues more widely accessible. The system supports three principal planning

functions carried out by Local Authorities: pre-planning enquiries, development control decisions

and strategic planning. Eleven environmental science themes are incorporated: Air quality,

Shallow undermining, Landslide susceptibility, Groundwater protection, Flood risk, Drainage,

Land contamination, Proximity to landfill, Biodiversity, Natural and Man-made heritage.

Decision flow diagrams represent detailed analysis of the planner’s workflow in each theme,

taking account of best practice, regulatory responsibilities and planning guidance. Industry-standard

web technologies integrate the flows and provide access to the system via secure web pages.

Underpinning the system is an environmental GIS containing up-to-date data, information

and models relevant to each theme. The modular system design allows new legislation and local

priorities and datasets to be easily incorporated. Web technology delivers information and

research data that has hitherto been difficult for the non-specialist to access and has therefore

been under-exploited.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

FOR PLANNERS

Martin Culshaw, University of Birmingham


The Leeds meeting offered a great

opportunity to see how far the

subject of deep-water sedimentology

has come in the past decades. As

most of the new hydrocarbon

discoveries are being made in deep-

water reservoirs this has made it a

well-funded subject and we were

treated to some great geology from

both far and near. Thus, Dave

Hodgson (Liverpool) showed us

some excellent outcrops from the

Karoo Basin of South Africa and

some correlation panels showing

spectacular, deeply-incised channels

in this latest Permian basin. This was based on hundreds of sedimentary logs – the product of a

decade of fieldwork. Much nearer to home, Ian Kane (Leeds) presented an overdue, fresh

look at the Pendle Grit. Despite many excellent, large quarry outcrops in the Pendle-Clitheroe

area, the sections are still difficult to interpret - there are a lot of massive sandstones and bedding

surfaces can be obscure. Nonetheless, Ian has produced a convincing depositional model for this

sandstone that has just been published in the journal Bulletin of the American Association of

Petroleum Geologists (v. 94, p. 189-219).

Talking of journals, we are keen to keep the flow of papers going in our own illustrious

Proceedings. Academics are under intense pressure these days to publish their work in “high

impact” international journals rather than ones with a perceived regional bias and there’s no doubt

this is having an affect on PYGS. To counter this trend we’re devising some strategies including help

for first-time authors and we will also provide professional assistance with diagram preparation -

watch this space.

Finally, several of our long-serving members of council are planning to retire in the next couple of

years, including our General Secretary (Trevor Morse) and our Treasurer (Will Watts) and we will

be looking to recruit some new members on to council. Obviously we wouldn’t expect the latest

recruits to step straight into Trevor’s shoes but if you would like to play a role in running the

Society then we’d love to have you on board.

A WORD FROM THE PRESIDENT

Paul Wignall




PRESIDENT’S DAY 2010 (AGM and Buffet)

To be held at Weetwood Hall, Leeds

Saturday, 4th December 2010

Please note the change in venue from the University of York St John, York to Weetwood Hall,

Leeds. The conference centre provides all our requirements under one roof, plus ease of access

and ample free car parking during the run up to the festive season. The new format of 2008 and

2009 AGMs and Buffets will remain the same, but will start 30 minutes later at 2.30pm, with tea /

coffee / mince pies and finish at 7.30pm. However, if you wish to continue the festivities, there is a

bar and the availability of overnight accommodation. Further information will follow in future

Circulars throughout 2010. Buffet tickets will be available from 1st October 2010, costing £26

each, from the General Secretary.

To assist in determining numbers for the buffet I would be grateful if you could email me at

[email protected] if you might consider attending, with many thanks.

PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION

2 Glasses of wine and / or soft drinks.

ANNUAL DINNER / BUFFET

Mini steak and ale pies

Roast chicken skewers

Warm cheese and onion foccacia

Feta cheese and roast pepper tart

Buttered new potatoes

Coleslaw

Mixed salad

Pasta salad

Assorted dessert selection served with cream

Tea and Coffee.

Trevor Morse

General Secretary


At our Society’s Hull meeting on October 24th

last year a member of the Hull Geological

Society, Mr Ron Harrison, exhibited a series of

fossils collected from the Holderness tills. They

included a beautifully preserved specimen of

Polyptychites keyserlingi (Neumayr and Uhlig)

found at Hornsea but derived from the Lower

Cretaceous Speeton Clay.

What makes this Hornsea specimen so interest-

ing? First, its preservation as a quite large (75 mm

diameter), solid, totally undistorted calcitic and

pyritic internal mould with portions of the shell

still attached. This is in marked contrast to the

preservation of individuals of the same or close-

ly similar species of Polyptychites usually found at

Speeton. Here the genus occurs in beds D3 and

D2E, where we normally find only very small,

pyritised inner whorls. Rare larger specimens are

partially or completely crushed; these occur par-

ticularly in beds D3A and D3E, two thin silty

clays with occasional harder, brown-weathering

rather soft ferruginous nodules and concretions.

It is only in a remanié horizon at the base of the

overlying bed D2D that one can find “solid”

Polyptychites of comparable size to the Hornsea

specimen – but their preservation, as phospha-

tised, water-worn internal moulds, is very differ-

ent. Yet larger Polyptychites similar in preservation

to the Hornsea example and usually labelled

“Speeton” are preserved in several museum

collections – mainly collected in the earlier part

of the 19th Century, particularly by a

Scarborough man, John Leckenby. But there are

old records of “drift” specimens too.

So what level at Speeton did the early 19th

century collectors get their beautifully preserved

specimens from? The same question was asked

well over 100 years ago, by George William

Lamplugh in his classic description of the

Speeton Clay, published in 1889. He noted

A WANDERING AMMONITE

Peter Rawson, CEMS, University of Hull (Scarborough Campus)


Lateral and ventral view of Polyptychiteskeyserlingi (diameter 75 mm) © Peter Rawson



Mr Robin Vine, Doncaster Student membership

Dr Christopher Griffiths, Stockton Ordinary membership

Mr Sid Howells, Freshwater East, Pembroke Ordinary Membership

NEW MEMBERS

The course will include four half days of fieldwork to study the rocks of the Early Jurassic, Middle

Jurassic, Cretaceous and Quaternary. You will see how changes to sea level and climate have pro-

duced the diversity of rocks and fossils you now see on our coastline. The course starts on

the evening of Wednesday 14th July 2010 in Whitby and Hull and is followed by four field trips

at weekends. For more information and a registration form please contact:

Centre for Lifelong Learning, The University of Hull, 49 Salmon Grove, Hull, HU6 7SZ.

Tel: 01482 465415 e-mail: [email protected]

ROCKS AND FOSSILS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST

University of Hull, Centre for Lifelong Learning

Led by tutors Roger Sutcliffe and Mike Horne to run over the

summer of 2010

(p. 587) that ‘one of the “coronated” ammonites … occurs in a nodular band’, which on one of

his figures he indicates as the basal bed of D3, i.e. bed D3E of current nomenclature. But Lamplugh

commented that the shells were generally badly preserved and he had obtained only one good

specimen. Interestingly, he added that ‘The position of this Ammonite-bed on the beach is marked

by a water-channel’ which may have been caused ‘by raids on this band by the early collectors,

who evidently set great store by these beautiful Ammonites’. Hence it may be that the shoreward

continuation of either bed D3A or D3E contained harder, more calcareous concretions that would

have preserved the Polyptychites better – and which we may never see again. On the other hand,

our Hornsea and other “drift” specimens may well have been picked up by the ice as it moved

over a Speeton Clay outcrop on the present-day North Sea floor.

I am very grateful to Ron Harrison for his generosity in donating the specimen to my research

collection.

Reference: Lamplugh, G.W., 1889. On the subdivisions of the Speeton Clay. Quarterly Journal of theGeological Society 45, 575-617.



BRITISH CAVE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

Summer Karst Science Field Meeting

Wednesday 2nd June 2010 from 09.30 am until 4.30 pm.

Poole’s Cavern & Buxton Country Park, Buxton, Derbyshire

CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES

Contact society representatives for the latest information

CRAVEN & PENDLE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Contact: Paul Kabrna, tel: 01282 813772; e-mail: [email protected] or www.cpgs.org.uk/

Venue: Rainhall Centre, Barnoldswick.

Rhyolite glaciovolcanism at Oraefajokull Volcano, SE Iceland Friday 7th May

A window on Quaternary climate change.

Angela Walker, University of Manchester

Field Meeting Saturday 22nd May

The Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks of Haystacks, the Lake District.

Guides Paul Kabrna and Steve Webster

EAST MIDLANDS GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Janet Slatter, tel. 01509-843.297; e-mail: [email protected] or www.emgs.org.uk

Venue: Lecture Theatre B3, Biological Sciences Building, University of Nottingham

The Forensic use of Micropalaeontology Saturday 24th April

Dr. Haydon Bailey

The aim of the meeting is to discuss the geology, geomorphology, hydrology, speleogenesis,

archaeology and ecology of Poole’s Cavern and the surrounding area in Buxton Country Park,

Derbyshire.

A new BCRA publication “Exploring the Limestone landscapes of the Peak District” by Trevor Ford

& John Gunn will be launched at the meeting and all participants will receive a copy. Professor John

Gunn, whose research interests include the hydrogeology of karst environments, dynamics of

radon and carbon dioxide, and the evolution of quarried landscapes, will lead the meeting. Poole’s

Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire (http://www.poolescavern.co.uk/) will be used as the base venue.

Unfortunately numbers are limited to a maximum of 30. Intending participants should register

their interest by Friday 30th April 2010 by email to the meeting secretary, Dr. Gina Moseley:

[email protected] or, for initial queries, by telephone at: +44 (0)7853 273076.





HUDDERSFIELD GEOLOGY GROUP

Julie Earnshaw (Secretary). Telephone: 01484 311 662 or e-mail: [email protected]

Venue: Greenfield College, Huddersfield

Observations and Implications of Climatic Change Monday 12th April

Phil Robinson

Palynology and its use in Hydrocarbon Exploration Monday 10th May

Phil Robinson

HULL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Mike Horne. Tel: 01482 346 784 or e-mail: [email protected] or www.go.to/hullgeolsoc

Venue: Department of Geography, University of Hull, at 7.30pm.

Field Meeting Sunday 18th April

Flamborough Quaternary Research Group Field Meeting to Dane’s Dyke.

Please contact the Secretary for details

Geology Walk in the Kiplingcotes area led by Mike Horne. Monday 3rd May

A tribute to Felix Whitham field meeting and part of

Yorkshire Geology Month 2010.

Booking required

Mappleton “Fossil Fossick” led by Stuart Jones Saturday 29th May

for Yorkshire Geology Month 2010.

Booking required

LEEDS GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Anthea Brigstocke (General Secretary). Tel: 01904 626 013. E-mail: [email protected] or

www.leedsgeolassoc.freeserve.co.uk Venue: Rupert Beckett Theatre, University of Leeds

The Assembly of the West African Craton: Thursday 22nd April

evidence from the BGS Survey of Northern Mauritania

David Schofield

The Earth After Us Thursday 6th May

Jan Zalasiewicz

LEICESTER LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY SECTION C (GEOLOGY)

Chairman: Dr, Joanne Norris. Tel: 0116 283 3127, e-mail: [email protected], www.charnia.org.uk/

Venue: Ken Edwards Building, University of Leicester

Annual General Meeting and Chairmans Address Wednesday 24th March

Managing our flood defences for the future

Joanne Norris





MANCHESTER GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Jane Michael. Tel: 0161 366 0595, e-mail: [email protected] or www.mangeolassoc.org.uk

Venue: Williamson Building, Department of Geology, University of Manchester

Field Meetings

Inner City Salford: geology and urban geomorphology, Saturday 17th April

history, culture and astronomy

Tony Adams

Carboniferous Limestones of Llangollen Sunday 23rd May

Jacqui Malpas

NORTH EASTERN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Mavis Gill. Tel: 01207 545907, e-mail [email protected] or

www.northeast-geolsoc.50megs.com

Field Meetings

Cayton Bay Sunday 2nd May

Leader Martyn White

Durham Permian: Marsden, Roker, Whitburn, Trow Point Saturday 19th June

Leader Maurice Tucker

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GROUP OF THE GEOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION

Eileen Fraser Tel: 01260 271505 email: [email protected] or www.esci.keele.ac.uk/nsgga/

Venue: School of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Keele

Field Meeting

Ecton Hills and the Ecton Hills Filed Studies Association Saturday 17th April

Leaders Peter Kennett and Peter Lane. Meet at 10.00 am at the lay-by below the centre

Field Weekend Saturday & Sunday

North Wales 15th-16th May

Leader Richard Walker

ROTUNDA GEOLOGY GROUP

Sue Rawson. Tel: 01723 506502, e-mail: [email protected]

Venue: Room CG7, Scarborough Campus of the University of Hull, Filey Road, Scarborough. 7.30pm

Geology of the Yorkshire Coast Thursday 1st April

John Hudson, Dr Derek Gobbett,

Prof. Peter Rawson and Stuart Swann



SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Manuscripts for publication in the Proceedings should be submitted to ‘The Editors,

Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Geological Society Publishing House, Unit 7,

Brassmill Lane Enterprise Centre, Brassmill Lane, BATH, BA1 3JN’. Typescripts should be

prepared using the updated instructions for authors given on the inside back cover of the

latest issue (Volume 57 Part 3 and 4, November 2009).

Publication of manuscripts may be expected in the next, or next but one part, following

acceptance. The Proceedings will be abstracted and/or indexed in, GeoArchive, GeoRef,

Geobase, Geological Abstracts and Mineralogical Abstracts, Research Alert and Science

Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).

COPY FOR CIRCULAR

Copy deadline for Circular 560 is 11th April 2010

NEXT YGS MEETINGS

8 and 9th May - Ingleborough, John Knight (Saturday: Geological walk to summit of

Ingleborough. Sunday: Field Guide excursion of Ingleborough area)

12th and 13th June - Teesdale, Brian Young

CONTACTS

GENERAL SECRETARY

Trevor Morse, Ph.D. 19 Thorngate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8QB

e-mail: [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY

Ms Chris Jennings-Poole B.Sc., 6 Wolsey Drive, Norton, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1SY


CIRCULAR EDITOR

Keith Park, B.Sc. (Hons), 24 Ings Lane, Guiseley, West Yorkshire LS20 8DA

Telephone: (Work) 0113 278 4286 (Home) 01943 878787


GENERAL INFORMATION


Please Note: Articles and opinions published in the YGSCircular reflect the view of the individuals writing thoseparts of the Circular and in no way necessarily reflectthe view of Council or of the Society as a whole.

PLANNING FOR

CLIMATE CHANGE

14.00 – 17.00 Saturday 27th February 2010

Meeting Room 1/2, British Geological Survey, Keyworth NG12 5GG

Front cover: Distorted railway track.© Dave Gunn


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